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<span id="User-Experience-Guidelines-1"></span><h2 class="chapter">28 User Experience Guidelines</h2>
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<p>To borrow a slogan from
<a href="https://elm-lang.org/news/compilers-as-assistants">Elm</a>,
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<p><strong>Compilers should be assistants, not adversaries.</strong>  A compiler should
not just detect bugs, it should then help you understand why there is a bug.
It should not berate you in a robot voice, it should give you specific hints
that help you write better code. Ultimately, a compiler should make
programming faster and more fun!
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<div align="center">&mdash; <em>Evan Czaplicki</em>
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<p>This chapter provides guidelines on how to implement diagnostics and
command-line options in ways that we hope achieve the above ideal.
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